Friday, November 12, 2010

It's not over yet! Over the next two days, we still have a few more things to share. Be on the lookout for one last Thriller Three-Way interview that we'll be posting. And before we share the results of your Thriller favorites votes, we're going to host a little online soirée during which we'll announce those results live.

We hope you can join us this Saturday, 11/13, between 1pm-2pm PST (4pm-5pm EST) when we will be hosting a live, online chat to celebrate the completion of A Thriller A Day. We look forward to the chance to talk some more Thriller, as well as getting your feedback on our future plans. A link will be posted on the blog shortly before the start time.

Now to the matter at hand. Before we get to our Season 2 (and all-time) Thriller picks, we thought we should refresh everyone on our picks from Season 1.

Top Ten First Season Shows

Peter

The Grim Reaper

The Well of Doom

The Cheaters

Late Date

The Terror in Teakwood

Dark Legacy

The Devil's Ticket

Parasite Mansion

The Guilty Men

A Good Imagination

John

The Grim Reaper

Terror in Teakwood

The Cheaters

The Hungry Glass

Well of Doom

Devil's Ticket

Purple Room

Parasite Mansion

Dark Legacy

Late Date

Top Ten Second Season Shows

Peter

La Strega

The Incredible Doctor Markesan

Guillotine

The Storm

The Weird Tailor

The Lethal Ladies

The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk

The Last of the Sommervilles

Til Death Do Us Part

The Bride Who Died Twice

John

The Incredible Doctor Markesan

La Strega

The Weird Tailor

A Wig for Miss Devore

God Grante That She Lye Stille

Portrait Without A Face

The Closed Cabinet

A Third for Pinochle

Cousin Tundifer

The Return of Andrew Bentley

Best Actor: Boris Karloff in "The Incredible Doctor Markesan" (Peter and John)

Best Actress: Jeanette Nolan in "La Strega" (Peter and John)

Thriller Complete Series Top Ten

Peter

The Grim Reaper

La Strega

The Incredible Doctor Markesan

Well of Doom

The Cheaters

Guillotine

The Storm

Late Date

The Weird Tailor

Dark Legacy

John

The Grim Reaper

The Incredible Doctor Markesan

Terror in Teakwood

La Strega

The Weird Tailor

The Cheaters

The Hungry Glass

A Wig for Miss Devore

God Grante That She Lye Stille

Well of Doom

Bring on your comments! Let us know how your top ten differed from ours, both here and in our get-together tomorrow. Remember to watch the blog for the link to our live chat!

Season two produced some great episodes, but still felt much weaker than season one. I attribute this inferiority due to season one's sense of starting off slow and unfocused, then finding it's style and closing very strongly. Season two was hit or miss and the home stretch was particularly weak.

Just wanted to take this chance to thank you very much for your very informed comments through the entire Thriller series blog. I hope you'll check in with all our other blogs and let us know how we're doing there as well.

With Your Hosts

John Scoleri and Peter Enfantino were co-editors of The Scream Factory: The Magazine of Horrors Past, Present and Future and bare•bones. For the purposes of this blog, each has been sequestered in an undisclosed location with a DVD player and the complete series of Thriller, and they've been told they can't leave until they've watched all 67 episodes. Wish them luck on this perilous journey.